Video Asylum

Posted by Estes (i) on August 13, 2001 at 05:42:46

In Reply to: I'm jealous of ... posted by John Coulson on August 12, 2001 at 20:17:06:

At home, yes. At the movies...sadly no. Plus you have to put up with slobs who leave their damn cell phones on and those who want to talk about the movie rather than watching it. The 70mm theatres are getting to be fewer and further between as they are replaced by apartments or multiplexs :-(

There is one story I like to relate though. A friend went to one of the older cinemas and say a movie. They loved the picture & sound and then asked the usher where the surround speakers were. They were told there were only 2 (two) and that they were behind the movie screen. She could swear that she heard sounds coming from behind and beside her. My guess, given the age of the movie house is that they still had the original Altec, Klipsch, or JBL speakers and likely a tube amp. Plus it was designed & built before computer acoustic programmes, in the days when people knew how to make a room sound good. A lost art in my mind.

In Toronto we have Roy Thomson Hall which has been a nightmare in terms of sound quality. It was new in the 70s with all the "latest" techniques for "good" sound. It was horrible. Heck even HP commented on how bad it was in the Absolute Sound!! They recently spent millions upgrading the place. I have yet to go to find out if it has improved.

Cher...yes small costumes...But I perfer Denise Richards. Better eye candy. ;-)